# geoip_record_by_name

(PECL geoip >= 0.2.0)

geoip_record_by_name — Returns the detailed City information found in the GeoIP Database

### Beschreibung

geoip_record_by_name(string `$hostname`): array

The geoip_record_by_name() function will return the record information corresponding to a hostname or an IP address.

This function is available for both GeoLite City Edition and commercial GeoIP City Edition. A warning will be issued if the proper database cannot be located.

The names of the different keys of the returning associative array are as follows:

- "continent_code" -- Two letter continent code (as of version 1.0.4 with libgeoip 1.4.3 or newer)
- "country_code" -- Two letter country code (see geoip_country_code_by_name())
- "country_code3" -- Three letter country code (see geoip_country_code3_by_name())
- "country_name" -- The country name (see geoip_country_name_by_name())
- "region" -- The region code (ex: CA for California)
- "city" -- The city.
- "postal_code" -- The Postal Code, FSA or Zip Code.
- "latitude" -- The Latitude as signed float.
- "longitude" -- The Longitude as signed float.
- "dma_code" -- Designated Market Area code (USA and Canada only)
- "area_code" -- The PSTN area code (ex: 212)

### Parameter-Liste

`hostname`
  The hostname or IP address whose record is to be looked-up.

### Rückgabewerte

Returns the associative array on success, or `false` if the address cannot be found in the database.

### Changelog

Version | Beschreibung
--- | ---
PECL geoip 1.0.4 | Adding the continent_code with GeoIP Library 1.4.3 or newer only
PECL geoip 1.0.3 | Adding country_code3 and country_name

### Beispiele

Beispiel #1 A geoip_record_by_name() example

This will print the array containing the record of host example.com.

`<?php
$record = geoip_record_by_name('www.example.com');
if ($record) {
print_r($record);
}
?>`

Das oben gezeigte Beispiel erzeugt folgende Ausgabe:

    Array
    (
        [continent_code] => NA
        [country_code] => US
        [country_code3] => USA
        [country_name] => United States
        [region] => CA
        [city] => Marina Del Rey
        [postal_code] =>
        [latitude] => 33.9776992798
        [longitude] => -118.435096741
        [dma_code] => 803
        [area_code] => 310
    )

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